Tag: Biology

Understanding predator hunting behavior and strategies is key to protecting vulnerable native speciesCredit: Grant Norbury To catch a thief, the ...

Love-hate relationship of solvent and water leads to better biomass breakup

Credit: Michelle Lehman/ORNL, US Dept. of Energy Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory used neutron scattering ...

Bed bugs modify microbiome of homes they infest

Credit: Benoit Guenard Homes infested by bed bugs appear to have different bacterial communities - often referred to as microbiomes ...

How flies flip around on take-off from an upside- down position

Credit: Anna Verbe Flies are able to right themselves very quickly when taking off from an upside-down position. Scientists from ...

Biomedical instrument based on microvesicles

A paper saw light in Scientific ReportsCredit: Kazan Federal University Researchers have proved that a microvesicle-based instrument can be effective ...

Making balanced decisions

Neuronal circuits in the brain 'sense' our inner stateCredit: Nicolas Gompel Animals have an innate preference for certain scents and ...

How breast cancer cells sneak past local immune defenses

Credit: Xue-Yan He, Egeblad lab, CSHL. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Associate Professor Mikala Egeblad and her colleagues describe a ...

Mystery about cause of genetic disease in horses

Research team led by Göttingen University questions link to warmblood fragile foal syndromeCredit: From the publication of the natural science ...

New study shows how plants regulate their growth-inhibiting hormones to survive

Dimerization of OsGA2ox and OsDAO enhances its enzymatic activity. In a world with a consistently growing population and a climate ...

Genetic editing milestone in mouse model of Rett Syndrome

Editing technique repairs mutant MeCP2 RNA and restores MeCP2 protein functionCredit: Rett Syndrome Research Trust A genomic error that causes ...

Growing up trilobite

New study is first to describe growth rate of one of the most common and abundant trilobites and compare with ...

Invasive alien species may soon cause dramatic global biodiversity loss

Experts identify future tipping point due to rapid spread of non-native plants and animalsCredit: Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS (CC BY 2.0) ...

How much fluorine is too much fluorine?

Credit: James Hanly For most of us, our closest encounter with the element fluorine is likely to be our toothpaste ...

What determines a warbler’s colors?

Researchers use hybrid birds to narrow genetic region underlying difference in color between blue-winged and golden-winged warblersCredit: David Toews, Penn ...

For chimpanzees, salt and pepper hair not a marker of old age

New GW study finds there is significant variation in how chimpanzees experience pigment lossCredit: Ian C. Gilby WASHINGTON (July 14, ...

Converting female mosquitoes to non-biting males with implications for mosquito control

Credit: Virginia Tech Virginia Tech researchers have proven that a single gene can convert female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes into fertile ...

Autism researchers map brain circuitry of social preference

Discovery empowers research into needed therapies, scientists sayCredit: Damon Page lab @ScrippsResearch JUPITER, Fla.--JULY 14, 2020--Some individuals love meeting new ...

How to map brain connections using DNA barcodes

Credit: Xiaoyin Chen, Zador lab/CSHL. A new method developed at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) uses DNA sequencing to efficiently ...

Next-gen micro-CT scan can lower radiation, offer better pictures

Research could 'transform the landscape' of micro-CT imagingCredit: University of Houston With a five-year, $3.2 million grant from the National ...

Scientists ID gene responsible for deadly glioblastoma